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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-07-23 10:38:19 +0200
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-07-23 18:27:11 +0200
commitc20c0823838d257b1e18e71c307f53afac0d2b39 (patch)
tree71953a617b385c30ad8563bce4fc61879a2a3742 /doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
parent942cd687f9ae190fc9a989a46c3207bd38377ade (diff)
<envar> -> <literal>
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diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
index 6f6297565..a11de0088 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ the Nixpkgs manual for details.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>A temporary directory is created under the directory
- specified by <envar>TMPDIR</envar> (default
+ specified by <literal>TMPDIR</literal> (default
<filename>/tmp</filename>) where the build will take place. The
current directory is changed to this directory.</para></listitem>
@@ -133,29 +133,29 @@ the Nixpkgs manual for details.</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><envar>NIX_BUILD_TOP</envar> contains the path of
+ <listitem><para><literal>NIX_BUILD_TOP</literal> contains the path of
the temporary directory for this build.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Also, <envar>TMPDIR</envar>,
- <envar>TEMPDIR</envar>, <envar>TMP</envar>, <envar>TEMP</envar>
+ <listitem><para>Also, <literal>TMPDIR</literal>,
+ <literal>TEMPDIR</literal>, <literal>TMP</literal>, <literal>TEMP</literal>
are set to point to the temporary directory. This is to prevent
the builder from accidentally writing temporary files anywhere
else. Doing so might cause interference by other
processes.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><envar>PATH</envar> is set to
+ <listitem><para><literal>PATH</literal> is set to
<filename>/path-not-set</filename> to prevent shells from
initialising it to their built-in default value.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><envar>HOME</envar> is set to
+ <listitem><para><literal>HOME</literal> is set to
<filename>/homeless-shelter</filename> to prevent programs from
using <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or the like to find the
user's home directory, which could cause impurity. Usually, when
- <envar>HOME</envar> is set, it is used as the location of the home
+ <literal>HOME</literal> is set, it is used as the location of the home
directory, even if it points to a non-existent
path.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><envar>NIX_STORE</envar> is set to the path of the
+ <listitem><para><literal>NIX_STORE</literal> is set to the path of the
top-level Nix store directory (typically,
<filename>/nix/store</filename>).</para></listitem>